Château Léoville Poyferré

In the pantheon of Bordeaux’s Left Bank greats, the trio of Léoville estates in Saint-Julien coexist with a touch of sibling rivalry. All three — Léoville-Las Cases, Léoville Barton, and Léoville Poyferré — trace their lineage to a single, sprawling vineyard once owned by Alexandre de Gasq, the Lord of Léoville. The social upheavals of the French Revolution fragmented that holding and set in motion a chain of events that, by the mid-19th century, had begotten three neighboring yet stylistically singular Second Growth châteaux. For many Bordeaux collectors, Léoville Poyferré has an unabashedly flamboyant personality.